Keeping with the theme of not getting the main party together early, this episode told two different stories: one about Ali Baba and what happened to him, and one about Aladdin and a tribe he runs into.
I remember how a lot of adventure series troll their characters with treasure: every time they look like they’re close to getting vast riches… some deus ex machina comes along and makes them lose everything. Supposedly because they need to remain underdogs or something. Because of that I like how Ali Baba put his treasure to some actual good use. And at the same time it’s a very good reason for the pink haired girl to join him.
Aladdin meanwhile got lost in some local power struggle. This episode was meant to show that there is much more to this world than what was shown in the first three episodes, and that a lot of people in power can be big assholes. I like the politics, and this also seemed to show that “Love and peace” will be big themes for this series. Let’s see whether it can add something new to this mix.
Rating: 4.5/8 (Good)
That grandma tripped so many death flags that she should have been in a grave the moment the episode started.
lols, for once we agree, she was really tempting death all the way through XD
Love and peace? Vash the Stampede finds another soulmate in our little Aladdin?
Judging from what we’ve seen, I’m guessing our naive child is going to have to display again that they should not have messed with the Djinn summoning kid.
I like the setting they’re building and the way they did this episode. Any guesses as to how long it’ll take for our hero to meet up with Alibaba?
Magi is heavy on the politics.
I wonder if they’re trying to make something like 12 kingdoms lite. I love how the story seems to be dipping it’s toes into ancient cultures along the old silk road. I wonder why they didn’t go with original names for their major characters though, instead of seemingly randomly drawing famous names from 1001 nights. Aladdin’s voice and his chest wrap makes me wonder if he might actually be a “she”.
Aladdin’s a guy, but the original design of the main character was a girl, and some of the design stuck. That’s all.